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Sunday 27th.. Oct. 1805.

a clear morning. the wind high from the west. 6 of the
party went out to hunt, back from the River in the timbered
country, Such as white oak and pitch pine. the wind continued
high all day in the evening the hunters returned to
Camp had killed 4 Deer. we Set the Savages across the
River which had been with us all day eating our venison.
our officers gave one of the principal men a meddle &c.